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But yes those products that you mentioned are good

 

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never use to brush just the pressure washer

 

By the sound of it you have swirl marks. These are small scratches in the clear coat. I have quite a few on mine at the moment. I'm going to be giving the AutoGlym Super Resin Polish ago this weekend. Should get a few out, if not then will have to look into getting a more abrasive polish. polishedbliss.co.uk Has some good advice on it thought, and also recommends various polishes.

 

SRP won't get them out, it will fill them in, and then only for a period of time.
Long term solution is to machine, ScratchX by hand is also meant to be fairly effective.

I also watched a feature on 5th gear a while ago where they tested 3 different methods for washing your car to see which caused the least damage to paint.
One method was the jet wash, second was a hand car wash station and finally was an automated car wash.
They found the automated car wash created far less swirls than the other two.

Find that hard to believe.

 

best thing for swirl marks is a machine polish

 

Can be done by hand though. Quite a ball ache =/

 

To be honest im not that bothered if it will be hard work, i just want to know that there is something that can be done about it and that i have not ruined my paint or that i will require a respray. There are no deep scratches, just light surface scratches.

 

lesson learnt mate aye, yes there are products out there just work hard n take ure time going over the car with polish etc and most small swirl marks will be removed

 

i see people with brand new bmw's and audis using brushes the retards

 

One session at the jetwash wont cause major swirl marks.

Pay someone to machine polish it, a lot of bodyshops offer the service and at a realtively cheap price. They'll get rid of a lot of the swirls, or pay someone to detail it, it's expensive, and they'll do a proper job and make the paint look brand new.

 

srp with a applicator pad can give good results but would take 3-5 passes though quickest way is by machine, or just use the srp to fill some of them for now and a good wax ontop, never use a brush aswell like dan said most of the time people leave them on the floor, and a good washing routine mitt 2 bucket method will always help reduce chances of swirls.

 

Even just using the jet itself causes swirl marks without even using the brush. The high pressure water picks up the dirt and forces it across the paint causing swirl marks.
Household pressure washers are ok normally since they dont put out much pressure. I much prefer using a hose with a light spray

 

I also watched a feature on 5th gear a while ago where they tested 3 different methods for washing your car to see which caused the least damage to paint.
One method was the jet wash, second was a hand car wash station and finally was an automated car wash.
They found the automated car wash created far less swirls than the other two.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZjWkB_q2lE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

They use the brush and an industrial jetwash, therefore your point is invalid.

 

the fully automated one doesn't create 'far less' swirls, it's the retarded Albanians who use the scraper to scrape the excess water off the car that caused the other damage...when washing a car properly I wouldn't even dream of doing that!

 

meh dont care